Castor
Castor stands for:
- Castor (nuclear technology) , special container for the storage and transport of radioactive materials
- Castor (star) , second brightest star in the constellation Gemini
- Latin Castor ( beaver )
- Castor (genus) , the only recent genus of beavers
- Castor (mountain) , summit in the Valais Alps
- Castor (ship, 1939) , icebreaker of the German Navy, from 1951 as Peresvet in Soviet service
- Castor (ship, 1944) , German mine clearance boat, commissioned in 1944 for the Navy, 1956 for the German Navy
- Castor (ship, 1977) , tanker built in 1977, which wrecked off Morocco in December 2000 and was refused an emergency port by seven coastal states
- Castor (satellite) , French satellite
- Castor (sounding rocket) , family of European sounding rockets, see also Castor 4B
- Castor (rocket engine) , American rocket motor class
- Castor (A) , Argentine sounding rocket
- Castor wheel , a swivel castor
- an Austrian locomotive, see KFNB - Danube to Aetna
- Castor (Framework) , Open-Source Java XML Data Binding Framework
- Castor (Janus) , a crater on Saturn's moon Janus
- EU project for the development of emission-free fossil power plants, see CO2 capture and storage
- a grape variety bred at the Geilweilerhof Institute for Vine Breeding
- Castor (Chile) , Chilean Coast Guard patrol boat (1968)
- Castor mine , ore mine in the Bergisches Land
- Walter Castor , a radial engine from the Czech company Walter Engines
Places:
- Castor (Alberta) , a city in Alberta, Canada
- Castor (Cambridgeshire) , a village near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, England
- old name of Caistor St. Edmund , in Norfolk, England
- Castor, Louisiana , in the US state of Louisiana
- Castor-Nunatak , an island off the east coast of Grahamland on the Antarctic Peninsula
- Castor Rock , cliff off the south coast of Vindication Island, South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica
People:
- Castor, one of the Dioscuri (sons of Zeus)
- George A. Castor (1855–1906), American politician
- Jimmy Castor (1940–2012), American musician
- Kathy Castor (* 1966), American politician
- Rainer Castor (1961–2015), German science fiction author
- Robert Josef Castor (1892–1966), German priest and clergyman
- Castor of Apt († 420) bishop in Gaul
- Castor von Karden (* around 320, † around 400), Christian saint and missionary on the Moselle
an academic nickname:
- Castor I (1668): Jeremias Rhetius (1631–1681), German physician and member of the Leopoldina
- Castor II. (1681): Johann Peter Albrecht (1647–1724), German physician and member of the Leopoldina
- Castor III. (1764): Georg Moltke (? - after 1764), Count on Broegentoed (= Bregentved Castle near Haslev ) and member of the Leopoldina
- Antonius Castor (1731): Johann Heinrich von Spreckelsen (1691–1764), German lawyer and member of the Leopoldina
- Antonius Castor II. (1761): Johann Christoph von Dreyhaupt (1699–1768), German lawyer, historian and member of the Leopoldina
Artist names:
- Artur Kaps (stage name in Spain: Cástor; 1912–1974), Austrian theater director and author
See also:
- Castor Oil
- Castor et Pollux , opera in a prologue and five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) based on a libretto by Pierre-Joseph-Justin Bernard
- Castor
- Castor and Pollux
